Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-12-17

that purpose, and to lend it on good Sc
curity, paying the interest as a perpetual
beouest to tho town poor. The friend
was faithful to his trust, and though the
money was afterwards squandered in q
pitifuu way and gave rise to veXatious
law suits yet this secured the careful
preservation of the letter.
In all probability Andrews wrote first
to his betrothed, giving those sad re.
membranes and requests which would
not be repeated in a letter to another, and
followed with this more general and
business like communication. The orig
inal is terribly misspelled, far beyond the
ordinary m%isspelling Of ignorant persons.
This is probably intentional, as a few lines
at the first have no errors.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, juno 5, 1862.
D. S. McGavic, Esq, Flemingsburg, Ky:
DEAR SIR-You will be doubtless surprised to
hear from me from this place, and still more sur.
prlsed to hear that am to be executed on the
eth inst. for attempting to capture and run q
train of cars from the Western and Atlantic rail.
road to Huntsville for the use of Gen. Mitchell. I
had q party Of twenty-one detailed men from the
Second, Twenty.frst and Thirty third Ohio reci.
nents with me We succeeded in getting posses
sion of the train and travelled with 1t some eighty
or eighty.fve miles, when, on account of an
W. 49, SSAAc ~ ~ ASAls We "Ckc COlIlltllcu
to abandon the train, the party scattering and
trying to make our way back on foot. The whole
party, however, were captured. l was taken on
the lith of April. l am satisfied l could very
easily have got away had they not put a pack OF
dogs on my trail. 1t was impossible TO elude
them. was tried by court martial and received
my sentence on the last day of May, lust one
week from the time Set for my execution. On
Monday morning, June 4, l made an escape. l
succeeded III getting ont of the prison and run by
the guard, they shooting at me but not hitting
me. The whole country was Immediately
swarmed with soldiers, l succeeded in
GLIDING them till on Tuesday, about 2
O'Clock, when I was recapturcd and will
be executed on Saturday. The sentence seems
. hard one for the crime proven, but l suppose
ne court that tried me thought otherwise. I
have now calmly submitted to my fate, and have
been earnestly engaged in preparing to meet nv
~ in peace. And have found that rsace Of
mind aud tranquility OF soul that even surprises
Lkse!i. never supposed it possible that a man
c9ald feel 50 complete u change under. similar
circumstances. How ! would like to have one
hours chat with you; but this | shall never hay.
IA this world. but hope and pray that We nav
meet in heaven, where the troubles and trials Of
this life never enter. What the fate Of the hal.
ancc of the party will be I am unable To say, but
l hope they will not share the fate Of their leader,
III they return, some two or three Of them will
call on you and the rest of tho friends, and hope
You Will receive them kindly. They are noble
iciio"s, and will give you u whole history OF the
affair. Please acquaint my friends with my fate.
l "!il t!y 10 write to some two or three more
before my execution. Tell j. Il. Jackson, should
there BIZ any little claims that neglected 10 SET
tie, to pay them, and keep the horse. | dou't
Ahink there are any. but thcre may be. In re-
gard to other matters, do exactly rs Instructed
before ! loft. wrote several letters, but never
received nVr Please ranl thts l.ft,I. II, Miro
EcEles, and tai her that l have thought of her
Kindness many times, AID that l hope we may
meet in heaven, where we shall enjoy the pres
enc: of the Lord forever. Give my kindcst re.
CARDS to Ar. Ecklca also. Accovriing To the course
of nature, 1t will not be long till We Slull meet in
that happy country. Blessed thought! ltrlneni-
Der me also to the young ladies Of !~ir.uin:shrg,
especially to Miss kate Wallin.forI and Miss
Mamie Baxt-r. Hoping we may meet in that
better country. | bid you II long ami last farewell.
J. j. AGnnEws.
The following was added OH the same
sheet:
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Jun" ), 1861.
D. 5. Mctnvic. Esq, j. B. jackson. Mrs. Sarah
Eclilcs, FleminSsbnrg. Fleming county, Ky:
iou will find one trunk and one black valise;
the valise has my name in red testers on the end,
tile other lad my name ON Il paper pasted on the
end; these are ut the CITY hotel at Nashville, in
care of the old porter on the third floor. These,
with contents, | present to you. Mr.. Hawkins,
YOU will lind ut the Louisville hotel Il large lady's
tru.i, no mark on il and is e%rtirely empty.
Please tako it to Mr.. L.indscy's, near Mill Creek
church, on the May sville and FlcminYsburg turn.
pike, and request him to present it to Miss
Elizabeth Layton for me, and OlIigc,
J. j. ANDREWS.
LThis was proved and recorded as u will
at F~lcmingsburg on the Sd and 10Th of
Inn,nr- 1SRS Tha .,,npo, 80, ,rol ~ l.,
the clause, do exactly as instructed be-
fore l left" was duly drawn from bank
and loaned for the benefit of the pOor.)
After writing these letters And cws had
but two days to live. Hc watched for op-
%portunities to send them by faithful hand
through to the Federal lines. 1t was in
vain to ask permission Of the Confederate
authorities, rs they had apparently tried
to keep everything relating to us from tho
Federal forces.
The erection Of the scafHold began at
Chattanooga, but on the next day the
movementsof the Federals had become SO
threatening as to produce quite n panic at
Knoxville, suspending the court martial
there, and leading to the removal Of
everything which could be spared further
south. On the 9th Of June, the day be-
fore that fixed for the execution, Gen. T..
Kirby Smith wrote no less han thirteen
dispatches from Knoxville in different
directions, the general purport of which
was that the enemy was advancing with
overwhelming forces, and that Chatta-
nooga would fall and East Tennessee have
to be abandoned, and giving directions for
lines of retreat and for removing the
stores. OF curse, to arrange for an exc
cution on the 9TH. in the face Of IN ad-
vancing enemy, might have led to q very
sudden pardon: and, accordingly, Andrews
and his companions were ordered to At
lanta once more on the early morning
train. There was again the excited
crowds, M invariable accompaniment Of
our frequent transits over this road; but,
in addition, the fact that Andrews was to
die was published. and he was tainted
frequently with references to his approach
ing doom. These he bore with his usual
calm, sad patience.
An instance in connection with these
Prosecutors is especially pathetic. A Mr..
| White.laI clE!nun the cars, and, advance
ing to where Andrews was, accostcd him.
Parrot, who gives tho account, was
sitting on The seat behind, and could not
helo hearing I'LL the conversation.
The merchant said, What can you do,
AMI. teIlEe"s. dDoul t!dl 3lV,"oo ] leu you
have for the purchase Of quinine and
other thiDGs:'
Andrews replied, Mr. Whiteman, this
is no time to talk about money. If you
had done as / wished you to do in Chat
tanooga, you would have had all that
back, and twice as much more" parrot
understood Andrews to refer to some pro-
position that Andrews had made to Mr..
Whitcmau on his trial, and the failure to
accept which was the greatest d%isappoint-
ment that Andrews had then experienced. J
Whiteman continued, SIS that all you